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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVBIMBE U, 1016
PITT OVERCOMES HANDICAP, ANSWERS CRITICS AND MAKES GOOD ON THE GRIDIRON
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J PITTSBURGH IS SENSATION
IN PRESENT-DAY FOOTBALL
Rigid Athletic Policy and Bona-fide Students
From Western Pennsylvania Warrant Com
mendation of the Big Eastern Colleges
ITTHENEVEn a college football team so far forKcts Itself ns to wallop ono of
'Y th "dIb" elevens and then keeps up tho Rood work by handlns a trlmmlnir
to couple of others In tho select circlo, the howling mob Immediately arise to
1U feet, points the finger of suspicion at the victorious team and shouts: "Hey!
"Wheredye get that stuff? "Whad'yo mean by playlnp; all of thoso 'pros'? How
much did the team cost you?" No matter what happens, the aftermath Is tho
Mme- It seems as If a team on tho outskirts has no llcenso to ba anything but
a doormat for the older colleges, and If good work Is done, many shoulders nro
hnigged, and the football fan murmurs: "Well, any collcgo can put a good team
on the field If It pays the price."
Pitt's Great Team Deserves Credit Not Scorn
THE University of PittsDurgh eleven has made a wonderful record In tho last
two years, going through difficult schedules without losing a camo. Glenn
Warner, regarded as the best coach In the country, has developed tho team to
the highest stato of efficiency, the players know more football than any other
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and fairly. This year It stands out as the best In America, yet llttlo credit Is
given where credit Is due. The football fan In this section of tho country firmly
believes that each man on the team receives a salary, tho players rango all tho
way from twenty-five to thlrty-fivo years of age, and few, If any, nttond clasics.
We have heard this on all sides in mo iasi iow wecKs, nnu u 11 auuui lhuu i
eet things right without tho knowledge or any suggestion from tho authorities
at the University of Pittsburgh.
Only Clean Athletics Arc Tolerated
fpHESE charges are unfair to Pitt. Professionalism has no placo In tho univer
sity, no more than in any other big Institution liko Yale. Harvard, Princeton,
Perm or Cornell. Every man on the team Is a bona-fide strident, keeps up In his
clasrwork and Is not allowed to play unless ho maintains a passing grade. Tho
oldest man of the team Is Captain Peck, who Is twenty-four, and tho youngest is
George McLaren, aged twenty. These nro tho varsity men. On tho scrub team
eome of the players are only eighteen years old. As for tho chargo that "ringers"
ore used. It is too ridiculous even to be taken seriously. A representative of tho
Evnrmo Ledger visited tho ofilco of tho registrar at tho University of Pitts
burgh last fall and saw tho list of students, their prep schools, how they passed
their entrance requirements and their standings In tho classrooms, which nro
compiled every week. There Isn't a college In the world tho size of Pittsburgh
which would even tolerate a shady athletic policy, so that list In tho registrar's
office answers the questions of the doubtful ones.
Majority of Players Come From "Western Part of the State
THE University of Pittsburgh Is 129 yeara old, has an enrollment of 4000 stu
dents, with about 2E00 eligible for tho teams. It Is purely a western Penn
sylvania Institution, the majority of students coming from tho prep schools In
that section. This Is shown In tho personnel of the football team. Captain Peck
comes from Lock Haven. Pa.: Sutherland, a varsity guard, from Scwlcklcy, n.
suburb of Pittsburgh; Soppltt, another guard, from Latrobo, Pa.; Thornhlll and
Beldel, the tackles, are from Beaver High School and Bellefonto Academy, respec
tively; Herron, the great end, hails from Pittsburgh, and Carlson, tho other
end, lives in Fayette City, forty miles from Pittsburgh. Dalo Sets, tho other
varsity guard, comes from Davenport, la. He Is a brother of Doctor Sels, a mem
ber of the university faculty.
Morrow, the quarterback, prepped at Carnegie High, n few miles from Pitts
burgh; Jimmy DeHart and Andy Hastings como from Klskl School, at Saltsburg,
Pa., and George McLaren played football on Peabody High, In Pittsburgh. All
of which goes to prove that Pitt now Is drawing tho students who once preferred
to attend the Eastern colleges.
One-Year Residence Rule Bars Freshmen From Teams
rIE one-year rule, which bars freshmen from participating In varsity athletics,
went Into effect this yoar and tho college now stands on a par with the others
In the East and. West. The entrance 1 equipments, too, are very strict, and only
recognized prep school graduates havo a chanco to enter. Tho university Is fast
gaining fame as an educational Institution, and tho graduates from tho professional
schools are recognised all over tho United States. For that reason, athletics aro
clean at Pitt. The football team Is the sensation of the year, but Instead of being
hailed as possible champions, it gets knocked Instead. It's tho old story of an
outsider trying to break Into select society whero no recognition Is given unless
it cannot possibly be avoided. But Pitt has "broken In," cleared tho barriers, and
from now on the other institutions simply MUST give tho team tho recognition
due 1L
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BROWN Is In the same boat this year. If the team beats Harvard next Sat
urday the same ridiculous charges will bo made against tho students from
Providence. 1
Carleton Another Small College Sensation
EARLY this season a small western college broke into the limelight by defeat
ing the University of Chicago eleven In a hard game. Tho newcomer was
Carleton College unheard of until this unexpected victory. Carleton, says Frank
Menke, is situated In NorthSeld, Minn. Tho husky football team was selected
from an enrollment of 600 students, and the players showed a wonderful knowl
edge of the game. However, the college was accused of playing "ringers," and
one Chicago sport writer went bo far as to telegraph the coach asking If Solon, tho
famous All-American end from Minnesota, was on tho team. The answer came
back, short, but to the point "Solon not here," it read. "Doubt If ho could mako
the team."
YALE coaches are bolstering tho defense for the Princeton gamo next Saturday.
It will take considerable bolstering, as tho linemen are not yet up to tho
"big-league" standard, and only two seem to know how to play their positions.
The center Is a weak spot, but It stands to reason that a man cannot play full
back one week and center the next and get away with It.
Swarthmore vs. Haverford W
ITHILE we are looking forward to the big games that are springing up on all
VV sides, It might be well to bear in mind that Swarthmoro's undefeated eleven
will meet Haverford's undefeated team at Haverford on November 2G. It will
be the biggest game played In this city on that date and well worth seeing. Haver
ford's backfleld Is one of the fastest in the East, and Swarthmore's defense has
been the feature of every game.
Princeton has this to remember she must face a far better Yalo eleven this
next week than the one she met last year. Tad Jones has Improved conditions at
least forty per cent, and'wlth Le Gore around t- lead nn attack, the Yale offense
will not be forced to depend upon haphazard sme hes, waiting for a Princeton mis
take. In addition to which Yale has the confidence that comes from a high aver
age against her old rival from Tlgertown. And this confidence keeps an eleven
bustling hard, even when It Is thrown to the rear for an uphill fight.
"ITTHY don't they give Berry moro of a chance to play at Penn?" Is the prln
YY cipal howl of the fan these days. The answer Is simple. Bob Folwell is
coach and he knows what he Is doing. He Is turning out a good team at Penn
for the first time In years, so It would be a good plan to let him alone.
THE circus season la drawing to a close. Jess Wlllard has not broken Into print
for some time, so we are prepared to hear any day that the 300-pound cham
pion has challenged the world. As the world means Fred Fulton and no one
else, Jess evidently cares no more about his title than his eyesight. But tho
Dear Old Public will fall for the bunk stuff the same ns of yore.
AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING?
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ONLY ONCE WITHIN TWELVE
YEARS HAS PRINCETON UPSET
THP DOPE IN YALE MEETING
Sammy White's Recovery of Fumble in 1911 Brings
Only Tiger Triumph Over Long Stretch of
Reverses Against Elisians
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BIG LOCAL CLUBS
GROOM GOLF LINKS
FOR BIG TOURNEYS
Leading Courses Planting
Bunkers and Other Im-
pedmenta for 1917
CLUBS PREPARING TO BID
By SANDY McNIBLICK
Two national golf championships for
next year headed this way have made some
of tho local clubs sit up, and Improvements
to the courses are being set out to the
extent of tho treasury in more than one
case.
Next year the open championship Is due
to bo played In Philadelphia, as well as
the. women's championship. It Is expected
that tho professional championship will be
played In tho West next year, but tho
Quaker City has been advocated and there
Is Just a remote chance that a last-minute
change may be made.
With this prospect of more than one
gorgeous event of country-wldo importanco
r. h fmiirht nut In tho confines of the
City of Hrotherly Love, it Is only natural
that somo of the big clubs should bo pre
paring to bid for the tourneys.
Whltemarsh came out early In the sea
son through somo of Its prominent mem
bers with tho frank desire to stage the
United Stats open title tilting and It Is
expected that a formal bid will be made.
The Whltemarsh course will be In beauti
ful shape for medal play next year and
would bo a popular choice locally.
Ono new Breen Is now In the process,
tho homo nat. which Is being brought up
to tho foot of tho veranda, thus lengthen
ing the hole and making It possible for a
gallery on tho clubhouse porch to witness
tho finish of matches.
Golfers will be able to play right for the
flag on the new green. The course is being
generally groomed, even though all the
members aro not In favor of turning It over
for the week of championship play next
year.
Despite the fact that Huntingdon Valley
each year stages the two leading local
tournaments, when the class of tho field
Is taken Into consideration, the Lynnewood
ilnll nml IJerthcllyn Cup events, Beveral of
Its members have expressed tho thought
that they Intended presenting the matter
of making a bid for ono or the other of
tho national tourneys next seaBon.
Improvements now being set out rather
anticipate this move, and the Noble Club,
which has always been considered one of
the Big Thrco locally, may hold the lead
next year. Nothing has been done as yet
about tho second shot to the first hole, a
shot that has baffled many local experts
and called down maledictions on tho hole,
but the new second green has been in opera
tion for some time.
Hanks havo been built along the creeks
and some of tho bunkers have been cut
away on holes up to the ninth. Extensive
work Is going on at the left of the fairway
on a bunker belt that divided the ninth
fairway from tho eleventh.
Tho ninth green has been nicely trapped
with a shallow, undulating sandpit. The
alplno bunkers havo been sodded and filled
In with sand, according to the modern pat
tern, nnd will not only bo sccnlcally locly,
but extraordinarily efficient, so experi
menters attest.
Khawneo is popular for cither event and
Arorrlmink continues to Iny low, not yet
having come out for ono of tho big tourneys.
The astounding trapping at tho latter
rourso has como In for all kinds of com
ment, mnny thinking tho new hazards ex
aggerated and others considering the shots
necessary a thing r,f Joy.
Merlon continue smalt Improvements to
romplet the poifectlons of Its course, but Is
not likely to bid for ono of tho national
events.
Officials of tho Country Club and tho
Cricket Club have not expressed them
selves ono way or tho other.
Kicckhcfcr Wins Billiard Match
CI.nvnt.ANO. Nov. 14. AuKut Kleckhffer.
of IlocUfonl. Ill, iWeatrd Charles McCourt. of
f'ln clnml BO to T, last night In 7H InnlniM
In their interstate three-cushion billiard match.
McCourt had hlsh run of Him,
New World's Motorcycle Ilccord
niorjxrx, Arlr., Nov, 14. Don Johns, of
rnaadf-na. Cal.. hrokn the world's motorcycle
rpcord for Ave miles on a circular dirt track at
tho Htate fair Grounds yesterday. His tlpio
whs 3 minutes 6S seconds.
Johns Breaks Moforcyclc Record
ritorcNIX. Arli.. Nov. 14. Don Johns, of
Pasadona, Cal.. broke the world's motorcycle
record fm five miles on a circular dirt track at
tho State l'alr Grounds here today. Ills time
was 3 minutes 53 seconds.
By GKAXTL
3ie Vofc can'f wMp the Elephant
Alo'ig the Jungle way,
The ntpdlij doesn't like to hold
The Buffalo at boy; .
IVie Leopard it a husky beatt
Along the wild divide,
And vet he rarely tlnks his teeth
In a Oortlla'i hide;
The Zebra, when he meets the Lion,
Is set against the squall;
But the Tiger finds the Bulldog Is
The toughest dish o all.
The Tiger has a noble swipe
In either regal hoof;
tie's not the fjpe of animal
,1 stranger Ukcs to spoof;
And most of those in Junglevllle,
From Elephant fo Tond,
Will give him all the right of tcay
lie needs along the road;
.Vof even Lions or Rhinos drive
The Tiger to the wall,
But he finds tho bally Bulldog
Is the toughest of 'cm all.
The Record
Tlin above lyrical outburst Is written, not
In behalf of Yale, but rather In behalf of
tho llccord.
In tho last dozen years Princeton has
had many better football teams than Yale
has known.
nut In the last dozen years Princeton has
beaten Yale but once. That event took place
in 1911. nnd even that one Tiger victory
was moro of an Individual triumph for
Sammy White than It wns for Princeton.
Princeton undoubtedly should havo
beaten Yalo In 1010. In 1912, In 1914 and
,nVct Yale -won three of these games and
tied up the other.
Taking no credit from Yalo, It has so
happened that Yalo has been at her best
against Princeton and Princeton at her low
est ebb against Yale.
Last fall no ono would have recognized
tho Princeton team that faced Yalo as the
same machlno that gave Harvard's fino
eleven an even fight the Saturday before.
What happened was merely another
chapter In an old book.
Princeton last season should have beaten
Yale at least IB to 0. Tho Tiger then was.
AND KICE
beyond debate, fifteen points better tr
ills IlulMog ilval. r thw
nut for all that, Yale won again. Prln
on generally can ho counted upon To v.
tho best sho has against Harvard
nut when Yalo comes along, evenriM.
seems to happen In a lump. Last ftuHtS
a mailer of eight Tiger fumbles, that '
over 400 yards, more ground than SS
teams were ablo to gain by rushing
i,.1."1!1 lf H '""Z1'1 bcen one th'nt? H general),
has been another. And whatever hioeenM
as a rule always has found Yale on ton
Once within twelve years has ph .
upset the dope, and this time it Jft
who made the decisive fumble. a1'
The Next Test
No one has realized more than RusS .v
bad psychology that follows Princeton Im
her Yale games. "incewa Into
The Tiger coach realized last year , .
his men, not through any lock of ,.?
or determination, were looking for "
dng to happen that would Trfni Si. ?'
They were looking for tho xront itttT
knowing tradition? they TtmmbJ,T
tho.worst always had brokerthelj
With too many Princeton iMn. , .
.Yale It hasn't been Tetter 0f P"
power, courage or skill, but fn. peea
And It Is poor psychology to ...
battle wondering just whero fate will decld.
to break up tho game. ' aecla
Knowing nil this, Hush has bcen workln.
hard to exterminate the germs of .JS "f
psychology. ucn
He has been working hard to rt,
Princeton's mental attitude toward hi. rJR
fended.2"111 h bC"eVeS that ho ' -S
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